Holy *** And here I thought the upcoming E63 with its 3.4-second sprint sounded promising. Is Audi severely underrating its engines? This car is almost as quick as an R8 5.2 yet is some 1000 lbs. heavier with no power advantage. That doesn't sound right. However, looking at the trap speed reveals that its the launch that is exceptional. The AWD provides great traction for the car with whatever power it has to put down.

This car has to be massively underrated. I'm not complaining, but it's obvious. I could have understood if had pulled a 3.7-.8 0-60 and 12 flat trapping 6mph slower than it did, but at those numbers, this is close to 600hp engine. Sweet car, that's for sure.

It's tough for a 520 HP car with AWD to trap that high. Unless the gearing is super short I call shenanigans on the S8 trapping the same as a ZL1
_____________________First trip to the drag strip. 13.02 @ 112Personal Best: 12.7 @ 111 (95 F heat)

Frisky_Dingo:This car has to be massively underrated. I'm not complaining, but it's obvious. I could have understood if had pulled a 3.7-.8 0-60 and 12 flat trapping 6mph slower than it did, but at those numbers, this is close to 600hp engine. Sweet car, that's for sure.

Still rather have a Panamera.

It probably is underrated, but I can't see geting 600hp from a TT 4.0 V8.

Frisky_Dingo:This car has to be massively underrated. I'm not complaining, but it's obvious. I could have understood if had pulled a 3.7-.8 0-60 and 12 flat trapping 6mph slower than it did, but at those numbers, this is close to 600hp engine. Sweet car, that's for sure.

Still rather have a Panamera.

Joshmo:It probably is underrated, but I can't see geting 600hp from a TT 4.0 V8.

Well... The S8 has super short gearing. Total torque multiplication for 1st through 5th is: 15.04, 10.06, 6.74, 5.33, and 4.10

I assume the S8 only requires 5 gears to hit 120 mph.

In comparison the ZL1: 9.9, 6.6, 4.8, and 3.73

The S8 has short enough gearing to possibly get it up to speed where aero matters more than weight very quickly
_____________________First trip to the drag strip. 13.02 @ 112Personal Best: 12.7 @ 111 (95 F heat)

Frisky_Dingo:This car has to be massively underrated. I'm not complaining, but it's obvious. I could have understood if had pulled a 3.7-.8 0-60 and 12 flat trapping 6mph slower than it did, but at those numbers, this is close to 600hp engine. Sweet car, that's for sure.

Still rather have a Panamera.

Joshmo:It probably is underrated, but I can't see geting 600hp from a TT 4.0 V8.

Frisky_Dingo:This car has to be massively underrated. I'm not complaining, but it's obvious. I could have understood if had pulled a 3.7-.8 0-60 and 12 flat trapping 6mph slower than it did, but at those numbers, this is close to 600hp engine. Sweet car, that's for sure.

Still rather have a Panamera.

Joshmo:It probably is underrated, but I can't see geting 600hp from a TT 4.0 V8.

Frisky_Dingo:Reasoning???

lil_chef:Mclaren's 3.8l makes 620 HP rather easily.

Exactly my point. And it was engineered with an easily attainable 700hp+ in mind.